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Chicago examiner vol xi v no iuo a m monday Chicago april 17 1916 monday u s patent office trtilkjlu ui\jj jis x il url.s two ll si - villa dead body found is report carranzistas fight u s.-pershing 300 mexican soldiers drive 100 americans 8 miles from parral by joseph timmons staff orreÂ«|iondent f the inlerna ioiial ifewa service sax axtoxio tex april it ! forty carranzista soldiers including | a major were killed m the fight at ! parral wednesday according to de i tailed report made by general persh ! ing to general funston to-day major frank tompkina whose m i and x troops of the thirteenth cav alry were the americana engaged was slightly wounded m the breas j two americans were killed and six j wounded including the major ut : one mexican civilian was killed a later report from major robert 1 howze gives the following partial i list of casualties killed klrhv troop m klevrnlh cmalry wui'.vded perroakl and clifton trooii x name rtghmwrt all are enlisted men but whether i privates or noncommissioned officers i was not stated and initials were not given the earlier report gave but one man wounded tompkins invited to enter the city general i'ershing reports that an i ; officer of the pnrral gantftni visjted j major tompkins camp ten miles from . the city and officially invited him j to come into the city with his troop j ers tompkins acted on the invitation and rode into a hostile city whether j the invitation was part of a deliber : ate trap is a matter not discussed m pershing"s message but at headquar j ters here it is believed that treachery m the garrison led tompkins into the encounter . ' americans forced back eight miles the mob element practically entire i ly disappeared from the action when 300 carranzista soldiers of the garri j son flanked the americans out of a | position they had taken behind a rail j road embankment at the edge of the town from that on tompkins men fought a rear guard action nearly ali the way to santa cruz a village eight miles to the northeast colonel w c brown came up at santa crui with major young's squadron of the tenth cavalry and late wednesday night major robert lj howze arrived from the north with his picked squadron a message colonel brown sent from santa cru yesterday indicates the attack of the mexican soldiers and civilians was renewed thursday even ing consul l,etcher of chihuahua wired to general funston this morn ing that brown had sent word to him with urgent demand that an aeroplane be dispatched to him immediately to bring out reports of an occurrence of thursday evening shots fired from ranks of the mob general funston said to-night he had no doubt there had been further fighting but he said he was confi dent that the combined forces at santa cruz would be able to take care of itself here is the story of the fisht hs reiated m pershing's dispatch which came by way of xamiquipa and co lumbus major tompkins rode into harral wednesday noon with his two troops general lozano the military com mander and the civil authorities re ceived him graciously and desig nated a place at the outskirts of the : town for encampment general lo ; zano himself started to ride with major tompkins at the head of the j american troops to show them the way to the camp site as the americans began to retire a crowd of civilians and soldiers which had been muttering their di i pleasure began to throw stones and | to curse the gringos as the wrath ' of the mob increased some shots were fired from its ranks undoubtedly by ! carranza soldiers tompkins reported to pershing that realizing the soldiers of the garrison ! were getting awty from the control | of their commander general lozano j who was acting in good faith he made uo stand against the soldiers and mob but kept hia men moving rapidly out of the city by the time the railroad was reached the attack had become so well organized and dangerous that major tompkins and his men made a star.d with the railroad embank ment as their m frenchmen ts the mob m front of which a ma jority were soldiers and which m it self outnumbered tompkins men were stopped by this strategy of the american commander and for a short time it looked as if the day i been won without serious fight iddenly 00 soldiers from the gam , with nearly full complement fficers appeared on the flank of americans and opened an enfilad fire down the excavation beside embankment tompkins imme diately abandoned that position and still unwilling to make a stand against tlie carranzista revoltcis led his men toward santa cruz m a run ning fight tiiat lasted until nearly dark the attacking force had been prac tically beaten off when the juncture of tompkins men and colonel brown's negro cavalrymen from the north was made at santa cruz vhen the mexicans sliv the americai.s had been reinforced they uastily^^ui uoncd the attack anfi fled prisoner leads-way to grave of bandit captured villista shows carranza Â« officers where outlaw is buried according to story accepted as true m mexico remains exhumed and on way to chihuahua m cn.re of first chief's nephew ii more u s deaths reported r.t parral bulletin san antonio april 16 major robert l howze m command of a picked squadron of the eleventh cavalry wired a report from santa cruz near parrel to-night m which he stated as a fact that villa is m the mountains southwest of la borja or santa borja which is fifty miles northwest of parral and com paratively close to satevo bulletin el paso april 16 â€” eleroa americans were killed thursday m an engagement with carranzistas at maturana according to a courier who arrived from that district to by h h stansbury staff correspondent of international xeiy service el paso tex april 16 panrhd villa is reported to be le but the information has h been confirmed from any mexican h american source everj r carranza garrison m north ern mexico is celebrating the unco firmed report that villa is dead and that his body has been found con sul garcia and general gavira the carranza commander at juarez re ceived the report as early an 1l o'clock this morning confirmation of rumor is lacking at 7 o'clock this evening neituer of the mexican officials had receive any confirmatory report of the early rumor notwithstanding this mexican coa hui garcia it 5:55 o'clock thi.s even ing sent this message to anib.ias ilor arredonilo it washington although it has not been offi dally confirmed you can ue assuroil the body of villa has been found fifty miles south of san antonio it va interred at that place and di by a villista colonel whom g cabazos captured the oorpm '* â€¢â€¢ pected to reach cusihuirlachic to-twf it is being brougrlu tbera b civ forces of general â– hlch r commanded b cblodi ansa when the repon â– â€¢ n tht semi-official status v was made to consul gan md gen eral gavira by li international nawi service to start a speci train froi(i juarez immediately to cusihuirischie with a correspondeni irlio could r.iak certain the identification the offer provided that tltc mexican authorities could also fend on the special trnin three represcntati c of their o'.vm the offer is now une'er consideration general pcrshingr has reported t general funston th;it a motor trut-k train carrying ir oplanea v*t it tacked by forty vultlta va-dit tfu w bribery in phone sale law charged federation of labor is informed money was used m council ! to pass automatic ordinance hoyne would like information secretary dold of the public own ership league says aldermen told him of 5,000 offers lawmakers promise an inquiry charges hat money was offered . to procure votes m the city council of Chicago lor the pass age of the ordinance permuting the bale of the automatic telephone ; company to the bell interests were publicly made yesterday and as a ' result certain aldermen declared last night that they would insist on â– a thorough investigation to silence | these rumors once and for all or , seek out the guilty aldermen if there be any charges that as high a 5,000 ] apiece was offered for certain votes | in the council to assist m passing | the ordinance were publicly made | yesterday by charles dold at a meet lug of the Chicago federation of ; l.abor mr dold is secretary of the public ownership league and presi ! dent of the piano and organ vorl : its international i'nion biggest steal m city's history he charges certain aldermen have told me they were offered as high as 5,000 ; to vote for the passage of the orni j nance mr dold said it is the i higgest steal m the history of the city of Chicago mr dold declared he was still ' yath ring evidence and would uutki it ! lblic when the case was complete u'e believe the sale will be pro rented he said we must work j . in secret for the present as every : , thing we do is being closely watched ! < by our opponents i i federation gives him a vote of thanks , the Chicago federation of labor â– i;,ive mr dold a rising vote of thanks ' lor the information ire imparted to it < it was mr dold's statement that ' aroused the aldermen to actiou last : night and they win lose no time m j inaugurating a searching investiga-lj tion into the attack on the integrity i , of the council it is mr dold's duty as a public j spirited citizen to present whatever j evidence lie lias to my office said j state's attorney hoyne last night | i have heard these rumors but have j no evidence to back them up if mr ' j dold will supply me with the cvi | dence i will be only too glad to pre " sent it to the grand jury investigation is promised by alderman bergen i will see the members of eh committee to-morrow and have an | iavestigation started said alder ] man 11 p bergen of the gas oil i and electric light committee of ; i the council if the integrity of i this committee or of the council i has been assailed we demand an op â– bomb's blast in halsted st called political plot a political plot wae ascribed as ; the reason for a bomb outrage which i wrecked a four-story flat building at halsted street and fourteenth place early yesterday morning en idangering the lives of a score of residents charles yogel a sullivan worker and supporter of alderman franz of that ward declared the alleged plot was ainieil at him a'ogel and his wife when they attempted to es cape found the exit from their apart ment locked from the outside for some aime they were prisoners and smoke rapidly threatened them with asphyxiation their screams for aid finally brought policemen who broke 1 down the door and rescued them the bomb tore a portion out of the wal lof a saloon on the first floor of which yogel is proprietor michael bottiglier owner of the building de clared he had received no threats from secret societies u s weather forecast Chicago axd vicixity â€” fair and somewhat cooler monday tuesday probably fain moderate westerly winds becomlnac uÂ«ht nnd variable by monday night teatpkbatube for t^ftitr-four hours ending at 2 a w : . highest ii-i lowest iim mean 5 xormnl temperature for the day 48 excess nf temperature lu?e january j 2j4 dt x , i'reihrdtatlmi for tweuiy-four houn 0.-fl inch cv ".* bluer lunuaiy 1 0.64 inch kelatiic humidity 7 a m 87 2 iv m 84 7 i ni 08 biromi-tri rrÂ»Â«Â»r ri-ducm tn m iml 7 Â». m ikt.vh 7 p m i 9,77 smriw u>-'iay .â– >:!Â«. bgokt fl:,tl noturt 4/.'4 i m al>ril 17 / l'Â«mplrt foveruniinu nport ou i'ime 17 graft pr-afr ( collot *- v - s-)~s -)~ : oral i the advancing of one's posit ioi or increasing of one's wealth by dishonest or un j fair means as by utilizing the ad vantages of an official position or public office or by theft any irregular or unlawful means of support a steal or swindle â€” standard dictionary from four source new chap ters were written m the history of graft m Chicago yesterday these new chapters are | tin arrest â€¢>â– frank bans sioo groveland nvenne fey the po lice draught l light n notebook m lii iionneknion containing nota timih will eli it i believed 11l . bring to liuin additional revela limim m i in irrnft expose by the state attorney office for further details see page 13 column 8 m a graphic interview state mlumry 1 1 ii > lie ilinvudsell in de tail i'hicujfo'n police problem he liÂ«ln agniiiht the so-called ttyrarl rinj within the depart ment which already lias resulted i m the conviction of five former , officers iiiul ivhlch will be widened ' by the involvement of six ser > fjeanta of police this week is to continue with even greater vigror indications are that the lid is to be mown off the cesspool of alleged : ! police partnership with vice and crime with n limit that will shake the city read it on page 13 columns s s and 7 as a rcniili of ktntcmeutn that iik high as 93,000 apiece won of < | fered for votes m the city council to aid m possista the ordinance j permitting the sale of the auto ni.-iiic telephone company prop , i crty to the bell interests the iii i miiii'il will investigate the . charges which were publicly made by charles dolil at a meeting of ! the Chicago federation of labor , sunday the state's attorney also requested information on the j , . charges see it on page 1 column 1 liny iliddiuger former detective j i sergeant of Chicago was placed uuiler arrekt m new york lie m prepared to make a determined ' tight against extradition for trial here on charges of wholesale craft while a member of the po j lice department it's on page 1 column s sh twould be a shame to t ell it that is before the reader has gone further into this deep dark lake shore drive mystery queer actions about no 199 arouse suspicions he investi gates finds â€” what he finds it was dusk on the lake shore drive the mysterious cloak of dark ness gradually enveloped all things and i sinister silence prevailed over the classic landscape it was the j hour for mystery to stalk abroad up at no 199 where mrs roy me | williams has her apartments the si ! lence was particularly noticeable that is to stay for a few minutes suddenly n figure slunk up to the doorway under the porch light could be seen the glitter of brass buttons it was a policeman under hia arm he carried a large package at the door he turned and beckoned witft a bony forefinger and three other fig ures crept up to him two were wom en all carried the strange-looking i packages a pressure of the hand and the i door swung silently open and then as silently closed behind the quartet but that wasn't all shhoi di:lj auto appears a shrouded motor purred noiseless i i ly up to the curb and a veiled wom an stepped out a few hurried steps took her behind the softly yielding â€¢ ihior she too carried a bundle and | then at short intervals more ma : ohinÂ«s drew up at the curb m a ' ghostly silence and n.ore figures i'iost of them fantastically garbed j i entered it no 199 obviously the ! i strange company was gathering ac i cording to a prearranged plan the heart of the Ã¼biquitous report j er palpitated like a maple leaf as he 1 i scented i btory bravely he entered ilir portals without a question the . | elevator boy took him to the fourth ' | floor there another doer confronted ; j him and from behind it came strange i sounds a harsh voice called a little i more action there in answer to ai i knock a perspiring geiitleman stepped ; forth sure he said ll explain it to | you â€” partly this is the first re | j hearsal of the world-beating scenario cousin jim or the mystery of the i stolen fraternity pin now being | produced by members of the casino club we are filming sixty-four scenes to-night one of them a fire scene six machines are working in side but r can't let you m it's go i ing to be a surprise i am j allen haines the producer ! et.itk ix the cast the company which is composed i of chicago's elite and a trained dog will journey to the onwentsia club j april 29 where the first outdoor j scenes will be filmed on the polo j field prominent l;ike foresters have offered their cars to transport the company on may 6 a real fire scene will be staged m Chicago and other desper ate acts will be indulged m by the j i society screen stars twenty-five per i cent of the proceeds will be given to the american red cross by the yan dee producing company new third party in west called strong xew york april 16 â€” a third party movement based on two principles â€” progressivlsm and antl militarism â€” with henry ford frank welsh chairman of thfe industrial relations commission and herbert blgelow of ohio as its presidential possibilities lias already made great strides m the middle west according to rtabbl stephen 8 wise who re turned to-day from a tour of the leading cities there 20th century in another wreck near cleveland crash heard far eleanor sears among passengers imperiled as flyer hits cars on sidetrack i by international news service cleveland april 1 c â€” lives of i passengers on the east-bound twen ] tieth century limited the xew tori central's crack train were m peril i for the second time m three greeks | to-night when the train crashed into j two empty tank cars a short distance j outside of the union station steel plates were wrenched off the sides of the cars us the train slow ing up as it neared the depot wh sideswiped by the oil cars i the train bound for xew york and i due at the union depot at 8:35 1 o'clock stopped with a jerk pas | sengers were tossed about and sev j ! eral were said to be slightly bruised j miss eleanor sears boston society j girl and famous tennis player was ou the train she was on her way j from california to boston accom i panied by friends the crash was heard for many fire over the city that another rail i road accident had claimed human lives â€¢ the entire length of the train was | ' sides\viped tearing a long jagged gash m the string of pullmans the i club car and three sleepers suffered i the worst damage according to chief j train dispatcher hancock who re j layed the first reports of the wreck to d c moon general manager of the xew york central he said no i passengers had been injured the train left for xew york at 10:05 o'clock princess engalitcheff returns to Chicago princess evelyivpardridg^e engalit cheff who was divorced from her husband prince nicholas ladmiro vich engalitcheff formerly russian consul m Chicago m february is here to look after her property her home at 1784 deming place has been closed since early m 1914 when she went to paris the princess is staying it the home of her brother edward w pardridge 3200 michigan avenue a servant said she had retired early jackson park life guards save three three men who were drifting out m the lake m a motor boat with a brok en propeller were rescued yesterday afternoon by members of the jackson park life savins station they were nearly four miles off seventy-fifth street when sighted they are paul schwendener 8151 cornell avenue vernon ousley 7739 saglnaw ave nue owners of the boat and walter smith 7730 colfax avenue 60 zeppelins ready soon to raid britain brockexhurst april 16 â€” lord montagu speaking here said ger many has sixty zeppelins which by may 30 will be available for use on england biddinger in ce ll defies his captors former Chicago detective arrest ed second time m 24 hours will fight extradition on the ground of error m identity counsel declares charges here are outlawed by the statute of limitations associate says he refused 150,000 bribe by sam small jr t tommy thomas has a good laugh coming he claims that guy bid dinger while a detective sergeant m Chicago taxed him 150 for the priv ilege of a new suit of clothes that had been stolen yesterday guy biddinger was wear ing a new suit of clothes the latest creation of new york's best tailor m the fashion parade on fifth ave nue in xew york a rude person named patrick jlurphy who wore his everyday suit and square-toed shoes accosted the exquisite biddinger and insisted upon biddinger quitting his place m the pre-easter parade to ac company him to police headquarters biddinger was annoyed but murphy was insistent biimixger ix cell half an hour later biddinger and his new suit added a picturesque touch to the drab color scheme of a cell m the basement of the headquar ters building and that is the cue for tommy thomas who prides him self on his front to laugh long and loud murphy is the Chicago detective sergeant who accompanied assistant state's attorney t n walker to xew york to bring biddinger back for trial on some of the most amazing charges of ground and lofty grafting ever made against a police officer he was acting under instructions of mr walker and m co-operation with the xew york police when he ar rested biddinger it appears that biddinger who gave himself up to the xew york police saturday and furnished 510,000 bail when he learned that extradition papers had been issued by governor dunne underwent a complete change of heart m the twenty-four hours that intervened from the time he made a voluntary surrender until murphy grabbed him yesterday charges ark ridici'iious the charges against me are ridicu lous said biddinger when he visited the police saturday i am ready to go back to Chicago at any time and when i do go there i'll blow the lid off they can't make me the goat this is what happened yesterday after biddinger had left the holland house the hotel of aristocrats to join the throng on the avenue and gladden the eyes of the brave and fair with his new spring suit hello guy said the rude mur phy who knew biddinger long be fore the detective learned to keep his j thumb out of the soup while serving j his apprenticeship as a waiter biddinger registered surprise and annoyance you'll have to come along witli us said murphy nodding to a large i man who promptly joined them this large person was a xew york detec tive assigned by police commissioner woods to assist murphy m making the arrest then murphy read the warrant right there m fifth avenue official report of battle sent by funston 11 linn inilii.iial tm srrvlc tyrashingtox april 16.â€”sec nf retary of war baker late to-night gave out thn following dispatch from general funston following just received from consul at chihuahua following from brigadier oien i eral john t pershing dated april ij 1 p m directed to general funston " my telegram of yesterday con firmed full report from colonel yt c brown tenth cavalry and major tompkins fourteenth cav alry this morning major tomp kins column troop x thirteenth cavalry and troop m thirteenth cavalry entered parral 11 a m " major tompkins preceding was cordially received by higher c'vil and military officials mili tary commander general i.osano accompanied major tompkins on way to camp in the outskirts of town groups of native troops and civil ians following jeered threw stonea and fired on column major tomp kins took a defensive position north of railroad but was soon flanked by native troops and forced to further retire about 300 carranza troops joined m pursuit and major tomp kins continued to withdraw to avoid further complications until he reached santa cruz eight miles from parral " fighting ceased about fifteen miles from town major frank tompkins deserves great praise for his forbearance general lo z.ino attempted to control his men when fight began but failed to colonel brown with major charles young tenth cavalry and squad ron of tenth cavalry eight miles away were notified and joined major tompkins at 7 p m " reported privately that forty mexicans were killed all soldiers including one major one civilian wounded americans killed two wound ed six missing one major frank tompkins slightly wounded by spent bullet " major r i howze eleventh cavalry arrived at parral yester day from san borja and balleza having had several skirmishes with a'illa men one man killed two wounded signed " fun'stox " continued on sth page 3d column continued on 5th page 1tt celumn 1 ) to use examiner want ad if \ jyou tkrant to buy sell or ex â€¢ hangr your renl estate rent your flatu or rooms â€” phone your ad at on c lo main 5000 j war summary wester froxt official dlnpatchen from paris and berlin yesterday revealed n violent nerr french offenÂ«!vt bbrlnni the german lines aonth of douaumont pnrla claims the cap ture of german trenches hut ber lin reports the defeat of the un niilt elseirhere on the lvestern front fighting tni intermittent russia st fhoxt petros-rad reported the opening of a general offensive by both sides due to the receding floods turkish froxt london reported an air raid on constantinople the turks claimed do damage was done petrograd reported gains nee trclilzond nntl the british reported sains on the tikwtu â– =\ final fe i edition i l r ri

Chicago examiner vol xi v no iuo a m monday Chicago april 17 1916 monday u s patent office trtilkjlu ui\jj jis x il url.s two ll si - villa dead body found is report carranzistas fight u s.-pershing 300 mexican soldiers drive 100 americans 8 miles from parral by joseph timmons staff orreÂ«|iondent f the inlerna ioiial ifewa service sax axtoxio tex april it ! forty carranzista soldiers including | a major were killed m the fight at ! parral wednesday according to de i tailed report made by general persh ! ing to general funston to-day major frank tompkina whose m i and x troops of the thirteenth cav alry were the americana engaged was slightly wounded m the breas j two americans were killed and six j wounded including the major ut : one mexican civilian was killed a later report from major robert 1 howze gives the following partial i list of casualties killed klrhv troop m klevrnlh cmalry wui'.vded perroakl and clifton trooii x name rtghmwrt all are enlisted men but whether i privates or noncommissioned officers i was not stated and initials were not given the earlier report gave but one man wounded tompkins invited to enter the city general i'ershing reports that an i ; officer of the pnrral gantftni visjted j major tompkins camp ten miles from . the city and officially invited him j to come into the city with his troop j ers tompkins acted on the invitation and rode into a hostile city whether j the invitation was part of a deliber : ate trap is a matter not discussed m pershing"s message but at headquar j ters here it is believed that treachery m the garrison led tompkins into the encounter . ' americans forced back eight miles the mob element practically entire i ly disappeared from the action when 300 carranzista soldiers of the garri j son flanked the americans out of a | position they had taken behind a rail j road embankment at the edge of the town from that on tompkins men fought a rear guard action nearly ali the way to santa cruz a village eight miles to the northeast colonel w c brown came up at santa crui with major young's squadron of the tenth cavalry and late wednesday night major robert lj howze arrived from the north with his picked squadron a message colonel brown sent from santa cru yesterday indicates the attack of the mexican soldiers and civilians was renewed thursday even ing consul l,etcher of chihuahua wired to general funston this morn ing that brown had sent word to him with urgent demand that an aeroplane be dispatched to him immediately to bring out reports of an occurrence of thursday evening shots fired from ranks of the mob general funston said to-night he had no doubt there had been further fighting but he said he was confi dent that the combined forces at santa cruz would be able to take care of itself here is the story of the fisht hs reiated m pershing's dispatch which came by way of xamiquipa and co lumbus major tompkins rode into harral wednesday noon with his two troops general lozano the military com mander and the civil authorities re ceived him graciously and desig nated a place at the outskirts of the : town for encampment general lo ; zano himself started to ride with major tompkins at the head of the j american troops to show them the way to the camp site as the americans began to retire a crowd of civilians and soldiers which had been muttering their di i pleasure began to throw stones and | to curse the gringos as the wrath ' of the mob increased some shots were fired from its ranks undoubtedly by ! carranza soldiers tompkins reported to pershing that realizing the soldiers of the garrison ! were getting awty from the control | of their commander general lozano j who was acting in good faith he made uo stand against the soldiers and mob but kept hia men moving rapidly out of the city by the time the railroad was reached the attack had become so well organized and dangerous that major tompkins and his men made a star.d with the railroad embank ment as their m frenchmen ts the mob m front of which a ma jority were soldiers and which m it self outnumbered tompkins men were stopped by this strategy of the american commander and for a short time it looked as if the day i been won without serious fight iddenly 00 soldiers from the gam , with nearly full complement fficers appeared on the flank of americans and opened an enfilad fire down the excavation beside embankment tompkins imme diately abandoned that position and still unwilling to make a stand against tlie carranzista revoltcis led his men toward santa cruz m a run ning fight tiiat lasted until nearly dark the attacking force had been prac tically beaten off when the juncture of tompkins men and colonel brown's negro cavalrymen from the north was made at santa cruz vhen the mexicans sliv the americai.s had been reinforced they uastily^^ui uoncd the attack anfi fled prisoner leads-way to grave of bandit captured villista shows carranza Â« officers where outlaw is buried according to story accepted as true m mexico remains exhumed and on way to chihuahua m cn.re of first chief's nephew ii more u s deaths reported r.t parral bulletin san antonio april 16 major robert l howze m command of a picked squadron of the eleventh cavalry wired a report from santa cruz near parrel to-night m which he stated as a fact that villa is m the mountains southwest of la borja or santa borja which is fifty miles northwest of parral and com paratively close to satevo bulletin el paso april 16 â€” eleroa americans were killed thursday m an engagement with carranzistas at maturana according to a courier who arrived from that district to by h h stansbury staff correspondent of international xeiy service el paso tex april 16 panrhd villa is reported to be le but the information has h been confirmed from any mexican h american source everj r carranza garrison m north ern mexico is celebrating the unco firmed report that villa is dead and that his body has been found con sul garcia and general gavira the carranza commander at juarez re ceived the report as early an 1l o'clock this morning confirmation of rumor is lacking at 7 o'clock this evening neituer of the mexican officials had receive any confirmatory report of the early rumor notwithstanding this mexican coa hui garcia it 5:55 o'clock thi.s even ing sent this message to anib.ias ilor arredonilo it washington although it has not been offi dally confirmed you can ue assuroil the body of villa has been found fifty miles south of san antonio it va interred at that place and di by a villista colonel whom g cabazos captured the oorpm '* â€¢â€¢ pected to reach cusihuirlachic to-twf it is being brougrlu tbera b civ forces of general â– hlch r commanded b cblodi ansa when the repon â– â€¢ n tht semi-official status v was made to consul gan md gen eral gavira by li international nawi service to start a speci train froi(i juarez immediately to cusihuirischie with a correspondeni irlio could r.iak certain the identification the offer provided that tltc mexican authorities could also fend on the special trnin three represcntati c of their o'.vm the offer is now une'er consideration general pcrshingr has reported t general funston th;it a motor trut-k train carrying ir oplanea v*t it tacked by forty vultlta va-dit tfu w bribery in phone sale law charged federation of labor is informed money was used m council ! to pass automatic ordinance hoyne would like information secretary dold of the public own ership league says aldermen told him of 5,000 offers lawmakers promise an inquiry charges hat money was offered . to procure votes m the city council of Chicago lor the pass age of the ordinance permuting the bale of the automatic telephone ; company to the bell interests were publicly made yesterday and as a ' result certain aldermen declared last night that they would insist on â– a thorough investigation to silence | these rumors once and for all or , seek out the guilty aldermen if there be any charges that as high a 5,000 ] apiece was offered for certain votes | in the council to assist m passing | the ordinance were publicly made | yesterday by charles dold at a meet lug of the Chicago federation of ; l.abor mr dold is secretary of the public ownership league and presi ! dent of the piano and organ vorl : its international i'nion biggest steal m city's history he charges certain aldermen have told me they were offered as high as 5,000 ; to vote for the passage of the orni j nance mr dold said it is the i higgest steal m the history of the city of Chicago mr dold declared he was still ' yath ring evidence and would uutki it ! lblic when the case was complete u'e believe the sale will be pro rented he said we must work j . in secret for the present as every : , thing we do is being closely watched ! < by our opponents i i federation gives him a vote of thanks , the Chicago federation of labor â– i;,ive mr dold a rising vote of thanks ' lor the information ire imparted to it < it was mr dold's statement that ' aroused the aldermen to actiou last : night and they win lose no time m j inaugurating a searching investiga-lj tion into the attack on the integrity i , of the council it is mr dold's duty as a public j spirited citizen to present whatever j evidence lie lias to my office said j state's attorney hoyne last night | i have heard these rumors but have j no evidence to back them up if mr ' j dold will supply me with the cvi | dence i will be only too glad to pre " sent it to the grand jury investigation is promised by alderman bergen i will see the members of eh committee to-morrow and have an | iavestigation started said alder ] man 11 p bergen of the gas oil i and electric light committee of ; i the council if the integrity of i this committee or of the council i has been assailed we demand an op â– bomb's blast in halsted st called political plot a political plot wae ascribed as ; the reason for a bomb outrage which i wrecked a four-story flat building at halsted street and fourteenth place early yesterday morning en idangering the lives of a score of residents charles yogel a sullivan worker and supporter of alderman franz of that ward declared the alleged plot was ainieil at him a'ogel and his wife when they attempted to es cape found the exit from their apart ment locked from the outside for some aime they were prisoners and smoke rapidly threatened them with asphyxiation their screams for aid finally brought policemen who broke 1 down the door and rescued them the bomb tore a portion out of the wal lof a saloon on the first floor of which yogel is proprietor michael bottiglier owner of the building de clared he had received no threats from secret societies u s weather forecast Chicago axd vicixity â€” fair and somewhat cooler monday tuesday probably fain moderate westerly winds becomlnac uÂ«ht nnd variable by monday night teatpkbatube for t^ftitr-four hours ending at 2 a w : . highest ii-i lowest iim mean 5 xormnl temperature for the day 48 excess nf temperature lu?e january j 2j4 dt x , i'reihrdtatlmi for tweuiy-four houn 0.-fl inch cv ".* bluer lunuaiy 1 0.64 inch kelatiic humidity 7 a m 87 2 iv m 84 7 i ni 08 biromi-tri rrÂ»Â«Â»r ri-ducm tn m iml 7 Â». m ikt.vh 7 p m i 9,77 smriw u>-'iay .â– >:!Â«. bgokt fl:,tl noturt 4/.'4 i m al>ril 17 / l'Â«mplrt foveruniinu nport ou i'ime 17 graft pr-afr ( collot *- v - s-)~s -)~ : oral i the advancing of one's posit ioi or increasing of one's wealth by dishonest or un j fair means as by utilizing the ad vantages of an official position or public office or by theft any irregular or unlawful means of support a steal or swindle â€” standard dictionary from four source new chap ters were written m the history of graft m Chicago yesterday these new chapters are | tin arrest â€¢>â– frank bans sioo groveland nvenne fey the po lice draught l light n notebook m lii iionneknion containing nota timih will eli it i believed 11l . bring to liuin additional revela limim m i in irrnft expose by the state attorney office for further details see page 13 column 8 m a graphic interview state mlumry 1 1 ii > lie ilinvudsell in de tail i'hicujfo'n police problem he liÂ«ln agniiiht the so-called ttyrarl rinj within the depart ment which already lias resulted i m the conviction of five former , officers iiiul ivhlch will be widened ' by the involvement of six ser > fjeanta of police this week is to continue with even greater vigror indications are that the lid is to be mown off the cesspool of alleged : ! police partnership with vice and crime with n limit that will shake the city read it on page 13 columns s s and 7 as a rcniili of ktntcmeutn that iik high as 93,000 apiece won of < | fered for votes m the city council to aid m possista the ordinance j permitting the sale of the auto ni.-iiic telephone company prop , i crty to the bell interests the iii i miiii'il will investigate the . charges which were publicly made by charles dolil at a meeting of ! the Chicago federation of labor , sunday the state's attorney also requested information on the j , . charges see it on page 1 column 1 liny iliddiuger former detective j i sergeant of Chicago was placed uuiler arrekt m new york lie m prepared to make a determined ' tight against extradition for trial here on charges of wholesale craft while a member of the po j lice department it's on page 1 column s sh twould be a shame to t ell it that is before the reader has gone further into this deep dark lake shore drive mystery queer actions about no 199 arouse suspicions he investi gates finds â€” what he finds it was dusk on the lake shore drive the mysterious cloak of dark ness gradually enveloped all things and i sinister silence prevailed over the classic landscape it was the j hour for mystery to stalk abroad up at no 199 where mrs roy me | williams has her apartments the si ! lence was particularly noticeable that is to stay for a few minutes suddenly n figure slunk up to the doorway under the porch light could be seen the glitter of brass buttons it was a policeman under hia arm he carried a large package at the door he turned and beckoned witft a bony forefinger and three other fig ures crept up to him two were wom en all carried the strange-looking i packages a pressure of the hand and the i door swung silently open and then as silently closed behind the quartet but that wasn't all shhoi di:lj auto appears a shrouded motor purred noiseless i i ly up to the curb and a veiled wom an stepped out a few hurried steps took her behind the softly yielding â€¢ ihior she too carried a bundle and | then at short intervals more ma : ohinÂ«s drew up at the curb m a ' ghostly silence and n.ore figures i'iost of them fantastically garbed j i entered it no 199 obviously the ! i strange company was gathering ac i cording to a prearranged plan the heart of the Ã¼biquitous report j er palpitated like a maple leaf as he 1 i scented i btory bravely he entered ilir portals without a question the . | elevator boy took him to the fourth ' | floor there another doer confronted ; j him and from behind it came strange i sounds a harsh voice called a little i more action there in answer to ai i knock a perspiring geiitleman stepped ; forth sure he said ll explain it to | you â€” partly this is the first re | j hearsal of the world-beating scenario cousin jim or the mystery of the i stolen fraternity pin now being | produced by members of the casino club we are filming sixty-four scenes to-night one of them a fire scene six machines are working in side but r can't let you m it's go i ing to be a surprise i am j allen haines the producer ! et.itk ix the cast the company which is composed i of chicago's elite and a trained dog will journey to the onwentsia club j april 29 where the first outdoor j scenes will be filmed on the polo j field prominent l;ike foresters have offered their cars to transport the company on may 6 a real fire scene will be staged m Chicago and other desper ate acts will be indulged m by the j i society screen stars twenty-five per i cent of the proceeds will be given to the american red cross by the yan dee producing company new third party in west called strong xew york april 16 â€” a third party movement based on two principles â€” progressivlsm and antl militarism â€” with henry ford frank welsh chairman of thfe industrial relations commission and herbert blgelow of ohio as its presidential possibilities lias already made great strides m the middle west according to rtabbl stephen 8 wise who re turned to-day from a tour of the leading cities there 20th century in another wreck near cleveland crash heard far eleanor sears among passengers imperiled as flyer hits cars on sidetrack i by international news service cleveland april 1 c â€” lives of i passengers on the east-bound twen ] tieth century limited the xew tori central's crack train were m peril i for the second time m three greeks | to-night when the train crashed into j two empty tank cars a short distance j outside of the union station steel plates were wrenched off the sides of the cars us the train slow ing up as it neared the depot wh sideswiped by the oil cars i the train bound for xew york and i due at the union depot at 8:35 1 o'clock stopped with a jerk pas | sengers were tossed about and sev j ! eral were said to be slightly bruised j miss eleanor sears boston society j girl and famous tennis player was ou the train she was on her way j from california to boston accom i panied by friends the crash was heard for many fire over the city that another rail i road accident had claimed human lives â€¢ the entire length of the train was | ' sides\viped tearing a long jagged gash m the string of pullmans the i club car and three sleepers suffered i the worst damage according to chief j train dispatcher hancock who re j layed the first reports of the wreck to d c moon general manager of the xew york central he said no i passengers had been injured the train left for xew york at 10:05 o'clock princess engalitcheff returns to Chicago princess evelyivpardridg^e engalit cheff who was divorced from her husband prince nicholas ladmiro vich engalitcheff formerly russian consul m Chicago m february is here to look after her property her home at 1784 deming place has been closed since early m 1914 when she went to paris the princess is staying it the home of her brother edward w pardridge 3200 michigan avenue a servant said she had retired early jackson park life guards save three three men who were drifting out m the lake m a motor boat with a brok en propeller were rescued yesterday afternoon by members of the jackson park life savins station they were nearly four miles off seventy-fifth street when sighted they are paul schwendener 8151 cornell avenue vernon ousley 7739 saglnaw ave nue owners of the boat and walter smith 7730 colfax avenue 60 zeppelins ready soon to raid britain brockexhurst april 16 â€” lord montagu speaking here said ger many has sixty zeppelins which by may 30 will be available for use on england biddinger in ce ll defies his captors former Chicago detective arrest ed second time m 24 hours will fight extradition on the ground of error m identity counsel declares charges here are outlawed by the statute of limitations associate says he refused 150,000 bribe by sam small jr t tommy thomas has a good laugh coming he claims that guy bid dinger while a detective sergeant m Chicago taxed him 150 for the priv ilege of a new suit of clothes that had been stolen yesterday guy biddinger was wear ing a new suit of clothes the latest creation of new york's best tailor m the fashion parade on fifth ave nue in xew york a rude person named patrick jlurphy who wore his everyday suit and square-toed shoes accosted the exquisite biddinger and insisted upon biddinger quitting his place m the pre-easter parade to ac company him to police headquarters biddinger was annoyed but murphy was insistent biimixger ix cell half an hour later biddinger and his new suit added a picturesque touch to the drab color scheme of a cell m the basement of the headquar ters building and that is the cue for tommy thomas who prides him self on his front to laugh long and loud murphy is the Chicago detective sergeant who accompanied assistant state's attorney t n walker to xew york to bring biddinger back for trial on some of the most amazing charges of ground and lofty grafting ever made against a police officer he was acting under instructions of mr walker and m co-operation with the xew york police when he ar rested biddinger it appears that biddinger who gave himself up to the xew york police saturday and furnished 510,000 bail when he learned that extradition papers had been issued by governor dunne underwent a complete change of heart m the twenty-four hours that intervened from the time he made a voluntary surrender until murphy grabbed him yesterday charges ark ridici'iious the charges against me are ridicu lous said biddinger when he visited the police saturday i am ready to go back to Chicago at any time and when i do go there i'll blow the lid off they can't make me the goat this is what happened yesterday after biddinger had left the holland house the hotel of aristocrats to join the throng on the avenue and gladden the eyes of the brave and fair with his new spring suit hello guy said the rude mur phy who knew biddinger long be fore the detective learned to keep his j thumb out of the soup while serving j his apprenticeship as a waiter biddinger registered surprise and annoyance you'll have to come along witli us said murphy nodding to a large i man who promptly joined them this large person was a xew york detec tive assigned by police commissioner woods to assist murphy m making the arrest then murphy read the warrant right there m fifth avenue official report of battle sent by funston 11 linn inilii.iial tm srrvlc tyrashingtox april 16.â€”sec nf retary of war baker late to-night gave out thn following dispatch from general funston following just received from consul at chihuahua following from brigadier oien i eral john t pershing dated april ij 1 p m directed to general funston " my telegram of yesterday con firmed full report from colonel yt c brown tenth cavalry and major tompkins fourteenth cav alry this morning major tomp kins column troop x thirteenth cavalry and troop m thirteenth cavalry entered parral 11 a m " major tompkins preceding was cordially received by higher c'vil and military officials mili tary commander general i.osano accompanied major tompkins on way to camp in the outskirts of town groups of native troops and civil ians following jeered threw stonea and fired on column major tomp kins took a defensive position north of railroad but was soon flanked by native troops and forced to further retire about 300 carranza troops joined m pursuit and major tomp kins continued to withdraw to avoid further complications until he reached santa cruz eight miles from parral " fighting ceased about fifteen miles from town major frank tompkins deserves great praise for his forbearance general lo z.ino attempted to control his men when fight began but failed to colonel brown with major charles young tenth cavalry and squad ron of tenth cavalry eight miles away were notified and joined major tompkins at 7 p m " reported privately that forty mexicans were killed all soldiers including one major one civilian wounded americans killed two wound ed six missing one major frank tompkins slightly wounded by spent bullet " major r i howze eleventh cavalry arrived at parral yester day from san borja and balleza having had several skirmishes with a'illa men one man killed two wounded signed " fun'stox " continued on sth page 3d column continued on 5th page 1tt celumn 1 ) to use examiner want ad if \ jyou tkrant to buy sell or ex â€¢ hangr your renl estate rent your flatu or rooms â€” phone your ad at on c lo main 5000 j war summary wester froxt official dlnpatchen from paris and berlin yesterday revealed n violent nerr french offenÂ«!vt bbrlnni the german lines aonth of douaumont pnrla claims the cap ture of german trenches hut ber lin reports the defeat of the un niilt elseirhere on the lvestern front fighting tni intermittent russia st fhoxt petros-rad reported the opening of a general offensive by both sides due to the receding floods turkish froxt london reported an air raid on constantinople the turks claimed do damage was done petrograd reported gains nee trclilzond nntl the british reported sains on the tikwtu â– =\ final fe i edition i l r ri